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Article: Fritz Wunderlich: Life and Legend.
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- November 1, 2007
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FRITZ WUNDERLICH: LIFE AND LEGEND
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With his distinctive, honey-dipped timbre, natural, unforced vocal production and impeccable, unaffected musicianship, Fritz Wunderlich remains for many the greatest lyric tenor of the 20th century. As a Mozartian, he was without peer, singing the great roles of Tamino, Don Ottavio, Belmonte and Ferrando to perfection. He was also an infectious operetta singer, scoring great popular success with the works of Johann Strauss, Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman and Leo Fall. As an oratorio and concert singer, he was as unforgettable as the Evangelist in Bach's Passions as he was as the ...